Police: Dover teacher charged with 661 counts of child porn

Northern York County Regional Police say they found more than 600 images of child porn on a Dover Intermediate School teacher's home computer.
pNow Matthew B. Puterbaugh, 46, of 1000 Conewago Road in Dover Township, is charged with 661 counts of possession of child porn and a single count of possessing an instrument of a crime, police said in a news release.

Puterbaugh was arraigned on the charges Thursday afternoon.

He remains in York County Prison on $250,000 bail, a prison official said.

Investigators also found videos of clothed school-age girls, some of whom were later identified as current and former district students, on the computer and on Puterbaugh's cellphone, police said.

The videos focused on the students' breast and genital regions, but the students were clothed, police said.

Investigation: Police began their investigation into Puterbaugh after a 12-year-old female student told intermediate school officials that

Puterbaugh inappropriately touched her during a music tech class last week, police said.

The student alleged Puterbaugh caressed and squeezed her thigh when he leaned over to explain something to her on Feb. 19, police said.

District officials quickly contacted police and the district and the department launched a joint investigation a day later.

Puterbaugh was suspended after the allegation was made, police said.

As part of their investigation, police seized Puterbaugh's district-issued computer equipment that was in the school and used for work, police said. Police did not say if that equipment contained any inappropriate images.

Videos: Puterbaugh voluntarily gave his cellphone to police and allowed investigators to look through its contents.

That's when, police say, they found the videos of the students. None of the students appeared to know they were being recorded, police said.

Several of the videos were shot from an angle that showed undergarments the students were wearing under dresses, police said.